ECMA Congress 2025 – registration is now open

Registration has now opened for the ECMA Congress 2025 at the Le Meridien Etiler in Istanbul, Türkiye from 17 to 19 September 2025.

The theme of the Congress will be ‘Folding Cartons – the Future is Bright’ and there is a superb line-up of speakers including LVMH, The European Commission, CEPI, the economist Prof Emre Alkin, Moorgate Capital and Bain & Co whilst keynote speaker is the acclaimed presenter, inter-generational ‘obsessive’ and author Henry Rose Lee.

In addition, the congress will feature a CEO Roundtable discussion with Esa Kaikkonen (Metsa Board), David Schmedding (Heidelberg), Jean-Pascal Bobst (Bobst), Mark Shaw (Smurfit Westrock) and Ali Can Duran (Kasad & Duran Dogan ). During the congress, attendees will celebrate ECMA’s 65th anniversary whilst Neil Osment will present the 2025 European Carton Prospects report.

As usual, this event will be a celebration of all things connected with folding cartons and cartonboard and during the Thursday evening, attendees will take a cruise along the Bosphorus prior to dinner where they will celebrate the winners of the European Carton Excellence Awards at a superb location looking across old Istanbul.

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